Range



- H. D. SCHALL.

RANGE. A

APPLICATION FILED Win28, 1919.

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PATENT OFFICE.`

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

RANGE.

Application led April 28,

and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ranges, of which the following is a specitication,- reference being had'therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to ranges and more particularly to ranges with an elevatedl shelf or shelves.

In such ranges, it is common practice to extend a stove pipe vertically 'from the smoke box ot the range and through the shelf structure, this being the preferred arrangement when the stove-pipe hole in the kitchen, Where the range is. to be installed, is in the ceiling or in the upper portion of a Wall.. In some cases, however. the stove pipe hole in the kitchen may he in the floor thereof or in the lower` portion o a Wall, and under such conditionsI it is more convenient to extend the pipe laterally, Arearwardly, or downnv'ardly from the smoke box, e'fliminating necessity for openings in the shelves.

It is the object of the present invention to secure uniformity ot' construction by the provision of a range and shell" structure therefor equally well adapted for use with either arrangement ot stove-pipe.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective viciv of a range of the elevated shelt type to which the invention is applied;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of one of the shelves showing an opening therein Which may accommodate the stove-pipe and a closure for said opening;

Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the closure discarded and a stove-pipe passing through said aperture;

'Fig'. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the stove top showing a stmf'c-pipe opening therein and the detachable member which forms a mounting tor the stove pipe;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view `showing the smokebox provided with a lateral outlet and thi*l detachable nwmber. shown in F ig.

4, applied,l thereto.

In those views, the reference character l Specification of Letters Patent. Patented I'a'y 25, 1920.

1919. Serial No. 293,161.

plate extending above said top and provided ivith a shelf structure spaced above the the top and comprising the shelves 3 and 4. Said range has its top formed with a stove-pipe opening 4a and with a depressed seat4b marginal to said opening which may receive a cz p or closure 4C When said opening is not used. When the opening is used,

a mounting for the stove-pipe base is provided by a collar 4d cngageable with the seat 4l. Said shelves are respectively provided with openings 5 vertically registering with the opening 4a and respectively adapted for engagement by closures 6. Said openings are proportioned to accommodate a stovepipe engaging the mounting 4d, as is indicated :in dash lines at 7 in Fig. 1, the closures G being discarded when the openings are thus utilized. Said closures when applied to the openings engage seats 8 formed by depressed portions of the shelves marginal to said openings, as is shown in Fig. 2, being secured to said seats by bolts 9 or other suitable fastenings. I the stove-pipe is connected with the smoke box 9n ot the stove at some point other than the opening 4, as indicated at 10 in Fig. 1, the closures 6 and 4E seating flush with the top faces of the shelves and top plate l present unbroken surfaces and prevent any yinconvenience arising from the provision of the openings 5 and 42 The same colla'r 4Ll may be used to provide a mounting tor the stove-pipe when the latter is arranged either as shown at 7 or at l0, said collar being de tachably engaged with the range in either position ot use by the bolts ll. The opening l2 communicating with the pipe l0 may be formed at various points either in the side or rear wall ot the smoke box aecord ing to fthe conditions existing Where the range is installed, said openingr preferably being made hy the workmen installing the range.

The above described invention eliminates necessity ot manufacturing two types of ranges, one having provision for extending the stove pipe through the shelves and the othcrhaving provision tor extending the stove pipe horizontally from the smoke box of the range. llurthermore. since no opening for a horizontal stove pipe is formed in the manufacture of the range. it becomes possible to locate said opening when the Same is' required vmost conveniently. to satisfy the conditions of each individual v installation.

What I claim s my invention is: A stove provided with a plurality of openings for connection with a stove pipe, and

HENRY D. SCHALL. 

